Sex, Reproduction and Darwinism.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- Part I: Reproduction, Mortality and Evolution -- 1 From Birth to Death: The Evolution of Life Histories in Guppies (Poecilia reticulata) -- 2 If we have Sex, do we have to Die? -- Part II: Reproduction without Sex? -- 3 The Genomic Consequences of Asexual Reproduction -- 4 Evolution and Illusion -- Part III: Sex without Reproduction? -- 5 Evolutionary Theory, Constructivism and Male Homosexuality -- 6 Darwinism and Homosexuality -- 7 The Evolution of Female Orgasm: New Evidence and Response to Feminist Critiques -- Part IV: Sexual Selection and Morality -- 8 Altruism and Sexual Selection -- 9 The Role of Sex and Reproduction in the Evolution of Morality and Law -- Part V: Sex, Reproduction and Evolutionary Psychology -- 10 Symmetry and Evolution: A Genomic Antagonism Approach -- 11 Beauty, Bacteria and the Faustian Bargain -- Part VI: Eugenics from Natural to Social Selection -- 12 Darwin's Care for Humanity -- 13 Reproduction and Social Selection: The Eugenics Maelstrom of Science, Intelligentsia and Reformers -- Notes -- Index.

This collection of essays looks at sexuality and reproduction from an evolutionary perspective. Covering experimental discoveries as well as theoretical investigations, the volume explores the relationship between evolution and other areas of human behaviour.

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